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-rw-r--r--python/vyos/xml_ref/definition.py9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/xml_ref/definition.py b/python/vyos/xml_ref/definition.py
index 43101bb4e..d95d580e2 100644
--- a/python/vyos/xml_ref/definition.py
+++ b/python/vyos/xml_ref/definition.py
@@ -272,8 +272,13 @@ class Xml:
return self.get_defaults(path, get_first_key=get_first_key,
recursive=recursive)
if not self._well_defined(path, conf):
- print('path to config dict does not define full config paths')
- return {}
+ # adjust for possible overlap:
+ if path and path[-1] in list(conf):
+ conf = conf[path[-1]]
+ conf = {} if not isinstance(conf, dict) else conf
+ if not self._well_defined(path, conf):
+ print('path to config dict does not define full config paths')
+ return {}
res = self._relative_defaults(path, conf, recursive=recursive)